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Thursday, February 09, 2017

Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival organisers, have
announced record-breaking ticket sales for this year’s festival, with 85 events
selling out within 24 hours of going on sale and ticket sale values increasing
by over £30,500.The ticket sales income generated within the first 24 hours
was £121,683 and the number of individual tickets sold was 4,185.

Whisky enthusiasts from all over the globe, logged onto the Spirit
of Speyside Whisky Festival website, at noon on
Tuesday, February 7th, setting a new record for the diversity of customers geographic
locations recorded in the first 24 hours.Tickets were sold in a total of 24 different countries, with
the majority being for customers within the UK. However, Switzerland and
Germany leapfrogged ahead of Scandinavian countries as the next biggest market,
with the USA following in fourth place.

Commenting on the news, Pery Zakeri, Festival manager at the
Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival, said: “After setting new opening day ticket
sales records for the last couple of years, we didn’t actually think it was
possible to achieve this scale of growth. The level of interest has been
phenomenal: as more and more tickets disappeared we couldn’t quite believe what
we were seeing before our eyes.”She went on to say: “All credit must go the many event
providers for developing such a diverse programme of events that has captured
the imagination of the whisky-loving public. I think this success underlines
that we are a world-leading event and that for the true devotees – as well as
whisky novices – it is a festival that they simply must attend.”The Spirit of Speyside Whisky Festival, takes place in a
region of Scotland widely regarded as the spiritual home of Scotch whisky.
Situated directly between the cities of Aberdeen and Inverness, Speyside has
over half of all the nation’s distilleries and is the base for many high-profile
international brands.This year’s festival runs from April 27th to May 1st, and
the programme comprises almost 500 different events. There are still hundreds
of tickets available, which can be searched and booked via: spiritofspeyside.com